Laminar deck jet
View Patent ↗Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for fluid handling devices with enhanced functionality. In some embodiments, the fluid handling device may include a plurality of filters coupled to the fluid handling device, where passing a first stream of fluid through the plurality of filters may improve the laminarity of the first stream of fluid, an orifice situated about the fluid handling device, where the first stream of fluid may exit the fluid handling device through the orifice in a substantially laminar state, and a surface disruptor coupled to the fluid handling device, where the surface disruptor may provide a second stream of fluid and where the disruptor may be positioned such that the second stream of fluid interferes with the first stream of fluid exiting the fluid handling device.
1. A fluid handling device, comprising:
a canister;
a collar coupled to the canister;
a lid coupled to the collar;
a laminar jet situated within the canister, wherein the laminar jet is suspended from the collar; and
a surface disruptor wherein a flow rate of the surface disruptor is adjusted through at least one opening in the lid.
2. The fluid handling device of claim 1 , wherein the canister is positioned below grade.
3. The fluid handling device of claim 1 , wherein the laminar jet is suspended from the collar using at least two brackets.
4. The fluid handling device of claim 1 , wherein the lid comprises at least one recess to accommodate a bracket used to suspend the laminar jet from the collar.
5. The fluid handling device of claim 1 , wherein the lid includes one or more openings, and the flow rate of the laminar jet is adjusted through the one or more openings.
6. The fluid handling device of claim 1 , wherein the laminar jet further comprises a light tube that couples light into a laminar stream of water exiting the laminar jet.
7. The fluid handling device of claim 6 , wherein the source of light is an array of LEDs.
8. The fluid handling device of claim 7 , wherein at least one LED in the array is synchronized to operations of a second fluid handling device.
9. A fluid handling device, comprising:
a canister and a laminar jet device, the laminar jet device comprising an exit orifice and a first adjustment valve;
a first stream of fluid exiting the laminar jet device through the exit orifice in a substantially laminar state; and
a disruptor coupled to the laminar jet device, wherein the disruptor emits a second stream of fluid configured to intersect with the first stream, wherein the second stream modifies the substantially laminar state of the first stream, and wherein the first adjustment valve is capable of modifying a flow rate of the first stream;
a second adjustment valve, wherein the second adjustment valve is configured to modify a flow rate of the second stream; and
a third adjustment valve, wherein the third adjustment valve is configured to modify a trajectory of the second stream,
wherein the first adjustment valve modifies a flow rate of the second stream.
10. The fluid handling device of claim 9 , wherein the first, second, and third valves are adjusted synchronously.
11. The fluid handling device of claim 10 , further comprising at least one light source coupled to the first stream, and adjusting the first, second, or third valves modifies the appearance of light in the first stream.